Safety-pin holder



June 24, 1930. P, KELLEY 1,767,137

' SAFETY PIN HOLDER med June a, 1 927 XNVENTOR figter Kelley #IZNATTORILHIEW Patented June 24, 1930 PETER KELLEY, or win-siren, oon nno'riou'r SAFETY-PIN notnn'n Application filed June 3, 1927. Serial No. 196,384.

This invention relates to safety pin holders, and more particularly to a holder constructed from metal or other still material for holding the pins in upright position in parallel rows.

One object of this invention is to provide a safety pin holder of the above nature in which the pins may be inserted and removed without opening said pins.

A further object is to provide a safety pin holder of the above nature in which the pins may be removed from the holder with the use of one hand only and without tearing or otherwise injuring the holder.

A further object is to provide a device of the above nature, which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture,

easy to manipulate, compact, ornamental in appearance, and very efficient and durable in use.

With these and other objectsin View there has been illustrated on the accompanying drawings one form in which the invention may be conveniently embodied in practice.

Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of the safety pin holder as it appears after one of the safety pins has been placed therein.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the holder as it appears when it has been filled with safety pins.

Fig. 3 is a side sectional View of the same.-

It has been customary in the past to market safety pins on paper cards, the pins being fastened in place by having their points passed through the card. This form of holder was objectionable on account of the fact that the pins were oftentimes carded under unsanitary conditions, as in sweat shops or homes of the operators. Moreover, to remove the pins from such cards, it was necessary either to open the pins or tear the card,

both hands being required in each case.

By means of the present invention the above and other disadvantages have been avoided. This has been accomplished by providing a safety pin holder of stiff rigid material consisting of a fiat base having a pair of end flanges upstanding therefrom, said flanges having alined apertures forming seats for the caps and coils of the opposite ends of the safety pins respectively. The safety pins are adapted to be held inthe improved holderin parallel slightly spaced relation, whereby a much greater number of pins may be held in the same space than was 4 curved outwardly, as most clearly shown in Fig. 3, so as toenable a safety pin 13 to be readily inserted in the holder'by forcing it from above in a downward direction. Each cap flange 11 is provided with a plurality of elongated cap sockets or apertures 14, said apertures preferably being slightly wider than the thickness of the safety pin cap 15 and slightly shorter than the width of said cap.

Each coil flange 12 is provided with a plurality of coil sockets or apertures 16 al-ined P with the cap apertures 14-, and preferably being elliptical in shape. The apertures 16 are preferably slightly wider than the thickness of the safety pin coil 17 and somewhat shorter than the width of said coil.

1 In operation, when it is desired to insert a safety pin in the holder, said pinwill be held in an inclined position with its point leg 18 vertically below thecap leg-19. :The coil 17 will then be placed in the proper'coil socket 16 in the coil flange 12, and the cap end of the pin will then be swung down about the socket 16 as a pivot until the cap 15 engages the flange 11. The cap 15 will then yield slightly in an inward direction owing to the resiliency of the cap leg 19. Continued downward pressure on the cap 15 will cause it to snap into the cap socket 14, whereupon the cap will be forced outwardly into resilient engagement with said socket 14 into the position shown in Fig. 3. The resiliency of the cap leg 19 will thereafter prevent removal of the safety pin until desired. The insertion of the pins into the holder may be performed either by hand or by machine without opening the pins, thus effecting a considerable saving of time over the former carding process.

In removing a safety pin from the holder it will merely be necessary for the operator, using one hand alone, to pull upwardly on the cap leg 19. In this operation, owing to the resiliency of the cap leg 19, the ca 15 will be caused to bend inwardly out o the socket 14, releasing the pin therefrom.

A further advantage is that the holder may be used over and over again.

WVhile there has been disclosed in this specification one form in which the invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this form is shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention is not to be limited to the specific disclosure but may be modified and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. In short, the invention includes all the modifications and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is:

1. In a safety pin holder, a, base, and a pair of opposingapertured flanges upstanding from said base for detachably holding the ends of a plurality of safety pins, said apertures being wider than the thickness of the respective ends of said safety pin and shorter than the width of said ends, whereby the pins will be held in parallel upstanding spaced relationship.

2. In a safety pin holder, a base, and a pair of opposing diverging flanges upstanding from said base for detachably holding the ends of a plurality of safety pins, said flanges having alined sockets shaped to receive the caps and coils respectively of the ends of a row of parallel safety pins.

3. In a safety pin holder, a base having a pair of opposing upstanding flanges for detachably holding the ends 0 a safety pins, said flanges having alined sockets' shaped to snugly receive the caps and coils respectively of said safety pins.

In testimony whereof, I have afiixed my signature to this specification.

PETER KELLEY.

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